Ash sifter



Nov. 24 1925 1,563,193

6. P. INGLETON ASH SIFTER Filed June 16, 1925 Patented Nov. 245, W25. I

UNITED STATES anon; PERCY INGLETON, or TO NTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

ASH

SIFTE-R.

Application filed June 16, 1925. Serial No. 37,589.

7 To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CECIL P. INGLETON, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, Irovince of Gntario, Canada, a subject of the King of Great Britain, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash Sifters, of which the following is a spec iiication.

This invention relates to apparatus used for sifting ashes, and the object of the pres ent invention is to devise apparatus which will be very simple to construct, which is easy to operate, and from which a minimum amount of dust may escape.

i attain my object by means of the constructions hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which 7 Fig. 1 is a vertical section through the preferred form of my apparatus;

Fig. 2 a plan view of the cover; and

Fig. 3 a sectional view showing a modified construction of the cover.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

1 is a receptacle for the ashes, which may be of any suitable construction. This receptacle is provided with a cover 2, which is provided with a comparatively small central opening.

Extending into this opening, having reference to Fig. 1, is a funnel-shaped member l, its lower edge extending a short distance below the under side of the cover, there being a small opening 3 at the apex of the funnel. The upper portion of the member 4: is supported from the cover 2 by means of braces 5.

Supported by the member 4 is the Sifter.

, This sifter comprises a pan 6 having a screen bottom 7 and a cone shaped member 8 having the same taper as the member 4, and of such a length that its lower end is substantially in alinement with the lower end of the member 4.

The pan 6 is provided with a cover 9 and is also provided with handles 10.

The device is used as follows. The ashes are placed in the pan 6 and the cover 9 placed in position. The handles 10 a e then gripped and the sifter then given a rapid oscillating rotary movement, to agitate the ashes on the screen, the fine ashes and dust falling into the member 8 and thence through the member 4 into the receptacle 1.

Owing to the comparatively small opening 3, very little dust will pass therethrough and it will be unnecessary therefore to wait until the dust in the receptacle 1 settles before removing the sifter to dump the cinders. The extension of the member 4 be low the cover, as hereinbefore referred to, acts as a battle to direct dust striking the under side of the cover 2 back downwardly into the receptacle.

This battling effect is more marked in the construction shown in Fig. 8, in which the member 4 is located substantially wholly below the cover 2, but has the disadvantage of reducing the capacity of the receptacle the ashes cannot riseoutside the member 92 above its lower end.

As the contacting surfaces between the members at and 8 are comparatively small, the frictional engagement between them will not be suflicient to interfere withthe working of the sifter.

From the above description it will be seen that I have devised a construction which will satisfactorily attain the object of my invention as set forth in the preamble of this specification.

It will also be apparent that the receptacle need not be specially made for the sitter, but may be any box, barrel, garbage can, or the like which the user may have convenient.

What I claim is:

1. In an ash sifter, the combination of a receptacle top having an opening formed therein; a sifter casing supported by and rotatable on a vertical axis relative to the top, said sifter casing having a cone-shaped portion having an outlet in its lower end adapted to discharge through said opening, said top having a funnel-shaped member surrounding said opening and adapted to receive the cone-shaped portion of the sifter casing, the discharge opening of the funnelshaped member being small relative to the size of the top; and a sieve mounted in and rotatable with the casing on said vertical axis.

2. In an ash sifter, the combination of a receptacle top having an opening formed therein; a sifter casing supported by and rotatable on a vertical axis relative to the top, said sifter casing having a cone-shaped portion having an outlet in its lower end adapted to discharge through said opening, said top having a funnel-shaped member Surrounding said opening and adapted to tending at least partly below the top to form receive the cone-shaped portion of the Sifter a baffle tending to prevent passage of dust easing, the discharge opening of the funupwardly through said opening. 10 nel-shaped member being small relative to Signed at Toronto, Canada, this 6 day the size of the top; and a sieve mounted in Of J 1925- and rotatable with the casing on said vertical axis, said funnel-shaped member ex- CECIL PERCY INGLETOND 

